§ Mr. HurstTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much was paid under the rural bus subsidy grant to schemes affecting the county of Essex in(a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000 and (d) 2001. [26850]
§ Ms KeebleThe Rural Bus Subsidy Grant scheme was introduced in 1998–99. RBSG is paid direct to the local authority for the support of scheduled local bus services, it is for the local authority to decide which services to support using this funding. The grant payments for the county of Essex are given in the table:
Grant (£) 1998–99 693,164 1999–2000 735,774 2000–01 795,231 2001–02 11,341,087 1 Allocation